Denise Paley

So we called the police and we said, all right, we could see that this happened. At first, they sort of dismissed it. They're like, well, if that was an hour and a half ago, he's not going to be there anymore. You can call the state troopers and see if they can go by the gas station and see. So we did. We called the state troopers. The state troopers go to the gas station.

Now it's like 1230 at night and he's asleep at a restaurant. He's sleeping in the parking lot. They never asked him to get out of the car. They... Talk to him. They basically say, your parents are looking for you. He's a little bit confused. You know, they ask him where he is. He says he's someplace. He was someplace green. Like he's not really answering very coherently.

Now it's like 1230 at night and he's asleep at a restaurant. He's sleeping in the parking lot. They never asked him to get out of the car. They... Talk to him. They basically say, your parents are looking for you. He's a little bit confused. You know, they ask him where he is. He says he's someplace. He was someplace green. Like he's not really answering very coherently.

Now it's like 1230 at night and he's asleep at a restaurant. He's sleeping in the parking lot. They never asked him to get out of the car. They... Talk to him. They basically say, your parents are looking for you. He's a little bit confused. You know, they ask him where he is. He says he's someplace. He was someplace green. Like he's not really answering very coherently.

The state trooper calls our police department. They call me. I say, we thought it was carjacked. So we weren't thinking of psychotic rape. And I'm like, if he's alive and he is an hour and a half away from home, there was something wrong. It's just not in his nature. He doesn't like to drive anywhere ever. He's never driven further in the New Haven from her house, which is about 25 minutes away.

The state trooper calls our police department. They call me. I say, we thought it was carjacked. So we weren't thinking of psychotic rape. And I'm like, if he's alive and he is an hour and a half away from home, there was something wrong. It's just not in his nature. He doesn't like to drive anywhere ever. He's never driven further in the New Haven from her house, which is about 25 minutes away.

The state trooper calls our police department. They call me. I say, we thought it was carjacked. So we weren't thinking of psychotic rape. And I'm like, if he's alive and he is an hour and a half away from home, there was something wrong. It's just not in his nature. He doesn't like to drive anywhere ever. He's never driven further in the New Haven from her house, which is about 25 minutes away.

So I tell the police officer, if he is there sitting in a parking lot for since 10 o'clock at night, essentially from when he used the credit card, if he's there, I just don't believe he can possibly be lucid or in any condition to drive. Please hold him. My husband and our neighbor start driving to Darien where he was.

So I tell the police officer, if he is there sitting in a parking lot for since 10 o'clock at night, essentially from when he used the credit card, if he's there, I just don't believe he can possibly be lucid or in any condition to drive. Please hold him. My husband and our neighbor start driving to Darien where he was.

So I tell the police officer, if he is there sitting in a parking lot for since 10 o'clock at night, essentially from when he used the credit card, if he's there, I just don't believe he can possibly be lucid or in any condition to drive. Please hold him. My husband and our neighbor start driving to Darien where he was.

Police officer tells me he is not having a psychotic break that we can determine. He's fine. He said he was out with friends, which he never said because I did see the reporting and they... And by the time my husband and the neighbor got to the rest stop, he was gone. He never came home. He had like deleted all of his contacts in his phone. You know, his phone was gone straight to voicemail.

Police officer tells me he is not having a psychotic break that we can determine. He's fine. He said he was out with friends, which he never said because I did see the reporting and they... And by the time my husband and the neighbor got to the rest stop, he was gone. He never came home. He had like deleted all of his contacts in his phone. You know, his phone was gone straight to voicemail.

Police officer tells me he is not having a psychotic break that we can determine. He's fine. He said he was out with friends, which he never said because I did see the reporting and they... And by the time my husband and the neighbor got to the rest stop, he was gone. He never came home. He had like deleted all of his contacts in his phone. You know, his phone was gone straight to voicemail.

No one can get in touch with him. And the next day in the afternoon, We were going to the police over and over and over again, you know, trying to show them like what normal behavior for a child was. We're showing the police officer our text thread with him on New Year's Eve because he went to a party New Year's Eve overnight.

No one can get in touch with him. And the next day in the afternoon, We were going to the police over and over and over again, you know, trying to show them like what normal behavior for a child was. We're showing the police officer our text thread with him on New Year's Eve because he went to a party New Year's Eve overnight.

No one can get in touch with him. And the next day in the afternoon, We were going to the police over and over and over again, you know, trying to show them like what normal behavior for a child was. We're showing the police officer our text thread with him on New Year's Eve because he went to a party New Year's Eve overnight.

Like we texted him, you know, he texted us late at night to tell us he wasn't coming home. And we text him back and he texts us back within 15 minutes. And just what normal looks like because this is January 5th. So it's right after New Year's. And we're just trying to show like what normal is for him. You know, you found him in Darien an hour and a half away from home. He didn't go to school.

Like we texted him, you know, he texted us late at night to tell us he wasn't coming home. And we text him back and he texts us back within 15 minutes. And just what normal looks like because this is January 5th. So it's right after New Year's. And we're just trying to show like what normal is for him. You know, you found him in Darien an hour and a half away from home. He didn't go to school.

Like we texted him, you know, he texted us late at night to tell us he wasn't coming home. And we text him back and he texts us back within 15 minutes. And just what normal looks like because this is January 5th. So it's right after New Year's. And we're just trying to show like what normal is for him. You know, you found him in Darien an hour and a half away from home. He didn't go to school.

Something's wrong. Like, they wouldn't let us report our car stolen. They said if we reported the car stolen, he would have a record. And they wouldn't do it. And they said because we let him use it, that it technically wasn't stolen. The next day, he approached a woman sitting in her car in a parking lot, and he sat her in the leg multiple times. And he has been in prison. He's still unsentenced.